Non-refillable bottle.



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351g lucana/13- NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE AURNHAMER, OF WEST HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TOAUGUST ADOLPH SCHLEGEL AND STEPHEN WEISS, OF

UNION HILL, NEW JERSEY.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 726,811, dated April28, 1903-.

Application filed February 20, 1903. Serial No. 144,232. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE AURNHAMER, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, residingin WestHobokemcounty ofHudson, State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-RellableBottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class ofdevices adapted to be permanentlysecured in the neck of a bottle and which while permitting freedischarge of the contents thereof prevent reiilling.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l shows the upper part of thebottle with the neck and parts located therein in section.

Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section of the bottle-neck only inverted fordischarging the contents of the bottle. Fig. 3 is a detailed viewshowing the valve that is contained in the bottle-neck with a cup-shapedenlarge! ment on the upper end of the stem; Fig. 4, a

detailed view of the expansible washer employed to retain the parts inthe neck of the t bottle; Fig. 5, a detailed View of the upper memberofthe organization, having a peripheral groove in which the expansiblewasher is seated; and Fig. 6 shows the lower member of the organization,in which is formed the opening for discharge of the contents of thebottle and the seat for the valve.

The neck of the bottle is form ed at its lower end with an internalannular liange d, upon which is seated a plug b, provided with a washerc, of cork or other suitable material, in which is centrally formed aconicallyshaped passage (Z. On the upper face of the part b and latdiametrically opposite points are formed seats or sockets c to receivevertical stems or rods f, upon the upper ends of which bears an elasticwasher g, of cork or other suitable material, surrounding an upper plugh, held in the neck of the bottle by the expansible washer t', containedin the annular groove j, formed in the part h and having studs'orprojections entering an internal annular groove k, formed in the neck ofthe bottle. The members or rods fare connected by cross-pieces m m,enlarged at the center and formed with apertures for the reception ofthe stem n of a valve o, seating in the conical valve-seat d and havingadisk o', of cork or other appropriate material, bearing upon the top ofthe member or plug b. The upper end of the valve-stem above thecross-pieces m m is cup-shaped, as at p, and preferably its depth issomewhat greater than the diameter.'

Opening into the cup p is a tube q, extending downwardly from the memberor plug .h and formed in one piece therewith or attached thereto. Apassage r in the plug, preferably arranged obliquely, extends from itsupper ssl surface into communication with the tube q. v

The various parts'described may be made of any appropriate material,although glass is preferred on account of its cheapness and because itwill not impart any taste or odor to the contents of the bottle.

Obviously when the bottle is inverted the contents thereof will pass, asindicated by the arrows in Fig. 2, and be discharged through the passager, the ordinary stopper s being removed. Should the attempt be made tointroduce a liquid into the bottle, it would fall into the cup p on theupper end of the valve-stem, and the gravity eect of the liquid or itsimpact upon the cup would act to seat the valve o and prevent thepassage of the liquid into the bottle through the valveopening d.Furthermore, any attempt to introduce an instrument or wire tomanipulate the valve could only result in forcing it into its seat d.

I claim as my inventionl. In a deviceior preventing relling of bottles,the combination with the bottle-neck of the upper and lower plugs, avalve closing a passage in the lower plug,a cup or receptacle on theother end of the valve, and a tubular projection on the upper plugextending toward the cup, and communicatingwith a discharge-opening inthe plug. Y

2. In a device for preventing refilling of bottles, the combination ofthe lower plug seated upon an internal annular ange in the bottle-neck,the upper plug fixed in the bottie-neck by means of an expansiblewasher, In testimony whereof I have hereunto suba valve closing apassage in the lower plug, scribed my name.

the valve-stem and oup or receptacle on the i upper end of the stemopposite a passage in GEORGE AURNHAMER the upper plug, and. means forsupporting Witnesses:

and guiding the Valve-stem interposed be- JAS. H. RUGGLES,

tween the upper and lower plugs. WM. L. CLARK.

